The Great Trek

By Zane Grey

Book Overview

This story tells of the attempt by Australian cattlemen to drive a huge herd of cattle across the northern desert to the Kimberley Mountains, where gold has been discovered and beef is in short... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0843960620
• ISBN13: 9780843960624
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Leisure Books
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.5" x 1.3" x 3.8"

Customer Reviews

Wild West Australia

Zane Grey does for Australia what he did for the American Southwest, and this is: Make it the place to be! The master of descriptive prose has given the uninformed reader a journey, a travelogue, of what it would be like to cross the Australian Outback. And in spite of the period of history it is set, a suspect the trip would be much the same today. Through the eyes of two American cowboys, Australia comes alive for the reader--the flora, the fauna, the heat, the dust, the water, or lack there of, the strange and the exotic are all displayed. There are rustlers, and stampedes, and romance as well, or it wouldn't be Zane Grey. It is great to at last to be able to read the full work, not some abridgement.

Rhe Great Trek

Excellent service, and the book was in the condition as it was described. I will buy again from this person.

A Great Aussie Experience

I really enjoyed this book. I read the originally published version, The Wilderness Trek, and this book, The Great Trek, is so much better. Zane Grey's westerns are much more complex and satisfying compared to other western writers' because he delved into the characters and their thinking, feelings and moral issues -- a lot more depth. This particular book was fascinating because it describes a part of Australia not many visitors ever know about. The story was excellent.

Three Zane Grey Books in One

This edition contains all the original prose that we have come to expect from this master of the Western genre. Not a word has been cut! Like a lot of ZGs work from the Thirties, it seems a little dated today, but still worth the time. Be aware that this is not a typical 200 page airport or beach book that you can knock off in a long rainy afternoon. This will keep you busy through several rainy weekends. Think of it as a LONG stroll down memory lane. They aren't publishing books like this any more.